From now on, every government agency will have to consider climate change
In the past several weeks alone, the Obama administration has made multiple new moves to fight climate change. The administration announced new steps to help fill U.S. roadways with electric vehicles. It ruled that greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft endanger human health and welfare. And on the international stage, it moved the world closer to a deal to phase out super-polluting HFCs, chemicals in refrigerants and other industrial substances that warm the climate.
But as Obama’s term dwindles, the act isn’t over — on Tuesday the White Housereleased yet another policy to fight climate change, one with potentially far-reaching consequences. The White House’s chief environmental office, the Council on Environmental Quality, finalized a six-year process of shaping how the government’s agencies, across the board, will factor climate change into their decisions.…
‘No Authority’ – Inhofe Takes On Obama’s Latest Global Warming Order
http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/03/inhofe-takes-on-obamas-latest-global-warming-order-no-authority/
Oklahoma Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe is challenging the White House’s latest order on how federal agencies take global warming into account in reviews of government actions or projects.
Inhofe argues the White House guidance has no force since the Council on Environmental Quality’s chairman has not been confirmed by the Senate. CEQ hasn’t had a Senate-confirmed chairman since 2014, which means their guidances have no force under federal law.
“Under the Vacancies Reform Act, no person may perform the duties of the vacant CEQ Chairman position until the President has nominated a candidate who is subject to Senate confirmation,” Inhofe said in a statement.
‘Selfish vegans are ruining the environment’ – ‘Vegan diet wastes available land that could otherwise feed more people’
. “When applied to an entire global population, the vegan diet wastes available land that could otherwise feed more people,”
http://nypost.com/2016/08/04/selfish-vegans-are-ruining-the-environment/
If you’ve ever suspected nothing is more annoying than prissy, sanctimonious vegans, it turns out you have company: Nature wants to punch them in the face, too.
As is often the case with virtue-signaling lifestyles, number-crunching doesn’t quite justify the supposed benefits of granola-crunching. “When applied to an entire global population, the vegan diet wastes available land that could otherwise feed more people,” concluded news site Quartz in a review of a scientific study published in the journal Elementa that compares the sustainability of various eating patterns.
Just as global-warming hysteria leads to draconian restrictions and taxes that devastate the poor in order to provide conscience relief to progressives, totalitarian eating habits aren’t as sustainable as more moderate ones. For instance, trying to grow crops on land best suited for use as grazing land for cattle means wasting resources.
Considering 10 different kinds of diet patterns, the study concluded that veganism rated only in the middle of the pack, as the fifth-most sustainable. Two kinds of omnivore scenarios did better, as did “dairy-friendly vegetarian,” which came in first, and “egg-and-dairy-friendly vegetarian,” which placed second.
As for the omnivores, the highest-rated (third overall) in terms of sustainability was the scenario in which nobody is a vegetarian, but everybody cuts back on meat modestly (13 percent). Red meat, poultry and fish would continue to be the leading protein sources, as they are now.…
Philippines Rejects Western Imperialism on Climate Policy
http://dailysignal.com/2016/08/02/philippines-wisely-rejects-western-imperialism-on-climate-policy/
The new Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, may not be rooting for warming like we are, but his repudiation last month of the Paris climate treaty is particularly inconvenient for those pushing an activist policy agenda.
The fundamental truth is that every nation should reject economically unsound policy initiatives that harm their citizens and are devoid of any meaningful climate benefit, regardless of mainstream climate change projections.…
Obama to make it tougher to build roads, bridges – all in thevname of ‘climate change’
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/2/obama-make-it-tougher-build-roads-bridges-name-cli/
Building that bridge or expanding that highway just became more difficult under a rigorous standard issued Tuesday by the Obama administration that will make it easier to block a wide range of projects in the name of climate change.
The final guidance broadens the National Environmental Policy Act by requiring agencies to quantify the impact of activities that require federal permits not just on the environment but also on “projected direct and indirect GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions.”…
A new global warming study says only a total power shutdown can save us now
A U.S.-funded study says we’re in dire straits if we don’t stop emitting man-made CO2. That means pulling the plug and heralding in a new Stone Age.
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has a new study this week: to prevent catastrophic global warming, the world will need to stop emitting all man-made carbon dioxide (CO2) by 2085. So say goodbye to Uber, iPhones, computers, trains, planes, automobiles, air conditioners, heating, or anything that even remotely relies on fossil fueled power. It means our entire way of life would be thrown into the Stone Age to prevent an unlikely two-degree Celsius rise in temperatures from occurring by 2100. And it would keep developing nations from being industrialized. Forget renewables. According to manufacturing analyst Steven Capozzola, you “can’t build a wind farm with the electricity generated by a wind farm.”
Negative emissions needed
Additionally, the federally funded NCARstudy says that we will need to develop carbon scrubbing devices capable of removing CO2 from the air. It notes that even if every sector in every country – including manufacturing, power generation, farming, transportation, and the military–ceased all operations, we would still need technology to remove 15 gigatons of CO2 a year from the atmosphere.
Indonesian toilet cafe serves up stomach-churning food
https://www.yahoo.com/news/indonesian-toilet-cafe-serves-stomach-churning-food-060200664.html?ref=gs
Semarang (Indonesia) (AFP) – A toilet-themed cafe where customers dine on meatballs floating in soup-filled latrines may not be everyone’s idea of haute cuisine, but Indonesians are flocking to become privy to the latest lavatorial trend.
Guests at the “Jamban Cafe” sit on upright toilets around a table where food is served in squat loos.
On a recent visit to the venue, in Semarang on Java island, traditional Indonesian “bakso” — a type of meatball — bobbed in a murky soup in one toilet, while a second contained a brightly-coloured, alcohol-free cocktail.
For those who found the whole experience too nauseating, there was a sick bag hanging by the entrance.
Other places, such as Taiwan and Russia, are home to similar themed restaurants, but Indonesia’s modest version has a key difference — it aims to educate people about sanitation and encourage the increased use of toilets.
“I was disgusted at first, but I eventually ate some of the food out of curiosity,” said customer Mukodas, a 27-year-old who, like many Indonesians, goes by one name.…
Lobbyists Speak Up for Edible Insects
Lobbyists Speak Up for Edible Insects…
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Scientists want us to believe ‘cockroach milk’ is a good idea
Scientists want us to believe cockroach milk is a good idea
http://www.ecorazzi.com/2016/07/25/scientists-want-us-to-believe-cockroach-milk-is-a-good-idea/
In the ongoing pursuit of superfoods, some people think insect milk is going to trump plant-based. Science Alert shared a story on the development of cockroach milk. The alleged motivation behind the research on these insects done at the Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine in India is the nutritional value and the hopes of it aiding our expanding population (something the National Academy of Sciences says a vegan diet can do). We kind of expected the “cockroaches live forever” theory to drive this insanity, but once again, protein blindly leads the pack. So although cockroaches don’t actually give milk in the way Fergie may easily pour it on herself, one breed called diploptera punctate, feeds it’s babies something humans feel like stealing. The protein crystals from it’s motherly secretions are said to be four times more “nutritious” than cows milk, and also higher in calories. Before you go picturing the tiny rape racks and equipment that would be required to “milk” these cockroaches, they’re instead going to attempt to grow them in a lab. After all, cockroach gut extracts probably won’t be easily marketable, although baby cow growth formula somehow is. Emphasizing that the crystals produce more protein throughout digestion, like a “time-release” pill might, doesn’t seem like a worthy excuse for finding new ways to further our opportunities for exploitation. They do however warn that those on a western diet and anyone looking to drop a pant size won’t want to get on the cockroach bandwagon. That means anyone concerned for their health, and cockroaches, will have to stick to kale and all those other super-power promising foods we’re told to ingest on the regular. We’re betting quinoa will outlive cockroaches anyway.
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Sign Petition: ‘Remove air conditioning from all US State Department property’ – Prompted By Kerry’s comments
Sign Petition Here: https://www.change.org/p/remove-air-conditioning-from-all-us-state-department-property
Petitioning US Department of State
WHEREAS, Secretary of State John F. Kerry has suggested that air conditioners are as big a threat as ISIS, and (Kerry: Regulating refrigerator chemicals are ‘of equal importance’ to battling ISIS & Kerry: Climate Change as Dangerous as Terrorism)
WHEREAS, it is the duty of our elected and appointed government officials to lead by example,
THEREFORE, we call upon the U.S. Department of State to remove air conditioning from all property that the Department owns, rents, or otherwise employs, including but not limited to embassies, consulates, office buildings, etc., all vehicles owned and/or operated by the Department, and any other property, real or movable, owned, rented, or otherwise employed by the Department.
This petition will be delivered to:
- US Department of State
Sign Petition Here: https://www.change.org/p/remove-air-conditioning-from-all-us-state-department-property